Plicum Tools Metadata

View and clear the metadata of a PDF

A PDF carries more information than what is visible: who created it, with which program, when it was last modified. Here you read that and, if needed, remove it.

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In three steps

Load the PDF

The document is read on your device.

See what it declares

Author, title, producing software, creation and modification dates.

Edit or clear

Correct the fields you want to keep and clear the ones that must not go out.

What happens to your file

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The file does not leave your device. Thirty-three tools out of forty.

Metadata: frequently asked questions

Because they say things you often do not mean to communicate: the computer user’s name, the fact that the document started from another client’s template, the real date it was drafted. In a document going to third parties that can matter.

No: the pages stay identical. Only the file’s information card changes.

No, and the two should not be confused: removing metadata clears what the file says about itself, not what is written in the pages. If names or confidential data appear in the text, Redact or pseudonymization are what you need.

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